A Safe Space: Social issues
Street names
Street names used for drugs and alcohol and related behaviour change frequently and depend on the
geographical location, culture and social factors of the local area.
A list of some street names are listed below, purely to illustrate the numerous and varied names given
to drugs and alcohol.
ACAPULCO GOLD - a very potent strain of marijuana from Acapulco, Mexico.
ACID - LSD
ACID HEAD - user of LSD, "Acid Freak"
AIRHEAD - under the influence of marijuana
ALCOHOL - booze, juice, sauce
ALLEY JUICE - very cheap wine, "Grapes"
AMPHETAMINES - speed, crystal, crank, meth, black beauties, bennies, uppers, dexies, 357 magnums
ANGEL DUST - Phencyclidine or PCP
ARTILLERY - equipment for shooting drugs 's - B Heroin
BACK-UP - permitting blood to back up into a syringe to ensure the needle is in a vein
BAD TRIP - unpleasant LSD experience
BAG - packet of drugs, usually a standard amount for sale
BAG MAN - person who transports money
BALLOON - small amount of contained narcotics
BANG - to inject narcotics
BARBS - Barbiturates; "downers, "reds"
BASE - Crack Cocaine
BEAN - capsules for drugs
BEAT - to cheat someone
BENNIES - Benzedrine; "peaches"
BENZOS - Tranquillisers
BIG C - Cocaine
BIG CHIEF - Mescaline
BIG MAN - supplier of drugs
BINDLE - a small packet of drug powder
BLACK BEAUTIES - Amphetamines
BLACK HOLLIES - Amphetamines
BLACK-OUT - amnesia for events occurring while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, other
sedative/hypnotic drugs
BLACK RUSSIAN - Hashish
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BLASTED - high on drugs
BLAZE - Marijuana
BLOTTER - LSD
BLOW - smoke Marijuana; sniff Cocaine
BLUE DEVILS - Amobarbital
BLUES - Valium
BLUNTS - a cigar slit open and filled with marijuana
BOMBED OUT - very much intoxicated by narcotics
BOMBITA - mixture of Cocaine & Heroin
BONG - a cylindrical water pipe for smoking narcotics, especially Marijuana
BOOST - to steal
BOOZE - alcohol (beer, wine, liquor)
BREAD - money
BRICK - a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of tightly compacted Marijuana or Hashish
BRING DOWN - come off a drug
BROKER - go-between for a drug deal
BROWN - Heroin
BROWNIES - Ecstasy
BUDS - Marijuana
BUMMER - bad experience with drugs
BUNDLE - multiple bags of a drug
BURN - cheated bv a pusher
BURNOUT - heavy user of drugs
BUSTED - arrested on a drug-related charge
BUTTONS - peyote or mushrooms
BUY - purchase drugs
BUZZED - mildly intoxicated
C - Cocaine
CACTUS - Mescaline or Peyote
CANDY - Barbiturates or Cocaine
CANDYMAN - drug supplier
CAPS - drug capsule
CARTWHEELS - Amphetamines
CHARGED UP - under the influence of drugs
CHASING THE DRAGON - a particular way of inhaling Heroin
CHEESE a starter form of Heroin containing Tylenol PM and up to 8 percent heroin
CHARLIE - Cocaine
CHEER - LSD
CHINA WHITE - a very pure white Heroin
CHIPPING - occasional use of drugs
CHIPPY - person who uses drugs infrequently
CHRISTINA - Crystal Meth
CHRONIC - Marijuana
CLEAN - drug free; not having drugs in one's possession
COASTING - being high on drugs
COCAINE - crack, coke, booth, blow, railers, snow, ringer, divits, toot, cola, rocks, blast, white dust,
ivory flakes, nose candy, mobbeles
COKE - Cocaine
COKE BROKE - financially incapacitated from supporting Cocaine habit
COLD TURKEY - sudden withdrawal from drugs
COLOMBO - Marijuana grown in Columbia
COME DOWN - the ending of a drug experience
CONNECT - to purchase drugs
CONNECTION - supplier of drugs
COOKER - usually a spoon or bottle cap used to heat drugs for injection
COP - to obtain drugs
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COP-OUT - to evade an issue
CRACK - Cocaine prepared for smoking
CRASH - to sleep off the effects of drugs
CRYSTALS - Methamphetamine
CUT - to adulterate drugs
CUT OUT - to leave from someplace
DAGGA - South African word for Marijuana
DARKS - Heroin
DEALER - someone who sells illegal drugs
DECK - a packet of drugs
DEXIES - Dexadrine, or"dex"
DIME BAG - $10 worth of a narcotic
DOLLIES - Methadone
DOLPHINS - Ecstasy
DOPE - a general term for drugs of abuse
DOTS - LSD
DOWNERS - Tranquillisers
DRIED OUT - having gone through a withdrawal programme for drugs or alcohol
DROP - to take a drugs orally; a place where money or drugs are left
DROP - LSD
DRUGGIE - a narcotic user or addict
DRUNK PILLS - Valium
DUST - narcotics in powder form
DUSTING - sprinkling a narcotic powder on
another drug such as PCP on Marijuana
DYNAMITE - high quality, potent drugs
E's - Ecstasy
EASY SCORE - obtaining drugs without difficulty
EGGS - Tranquillisers
EIGHTH - one-eighth of a pound of drugs
ELEPHANT - PCP
EXPERIENCE - trip on LSD
FACTORY - place where illicit drugs are prepared for sale
FIX - an injection of drugs
FLAKE -Cocaine
FLASH - LSD
FLASHBACK - recurrence of previous hallucinations
FLEA POWDER - poor quality drugs
FLIP OUT - become psychotic or irrational
FLYING - under the influence of drugs
FOOTBALL - Amphetarnine
FREAK OUT - a bad trip; an unexpected reaction to a drug
FREEBASE - smoking Cocaine from a special water pipe
FREEZE - to renege on a drug transaction
FRONT - to put money out before receiving the merchandise
FUZZ - the police
GANJA - the Jamaican word for Marijuana
GEAR - Heroin
GET OFF - feel a drug's effects
GET ON - use drugs for the first time
GLASS - Crystal Meth
GLUEY - a glue sniffer
GOLD or GOLD SEEL - Marijuana, also called Acapulco
GOODS - drugs
GOOFBALLS - Barbiturates
GRAM - a metric measure of weight
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GRASS - Marijuana
GREEN - Marijuana
GUN - equipment for injecting drugs
H - Heroin
HAPPY DUST - Cocaine
HARD STUFF - narcotics
HASH - Marijuana
HAWK - LSD
HAY - Marijuana
HEAD - someone who uses drugs frequently
HEAD SHOP - store specialising in the sale of drug paraphernalia
HEARTS - Dexadrine
HEAVEN - Cocaine
HEAVENLY BLUE - morning glory seeds; a hallucinogen
HEAVY BURNER - a person who smokes a lot of dope, a burnout
HEELED - having plenty of money
HERB - Marijuana
HEROIN - china white, fix, horse, smack, whack, mother pearl, H. junk
HIGH - to be intoxicated on drugs
HIP-HOP - refers to a culture that includes rap music, art, dance, fashion, attitude
HIT- a single dose of drugs
HOG - PCP
HOLDING - in possession of drugs
HOME GROWN - locally grown Marijuana; local weed; ditch weed
HOOKED - addicted
HOPPED UP - under the influence of drugs
HORSE - Heroin
HOT - wanted by authorities
HOT SHOT - fatal injection of drugs
HUFFER - glue sniffer
HUFFING - inhaling solvents from a bag
HUSTLE - attempt to obtain drug customers
HYPE - narcotic addict
ICE - Crystal Meth
ICE CREAM HABIT - occasional drug use
IN - connected with drug suppliers
ISOMERIZER - used to increase potency of THC in Marijuana
JAG - extended period of using a drug
JELLIES – Tranquillisers
JIVE - Marijuana
JOINT - a Marijuana cigarette
JOY POPPING - occasional use of drugs
JUICE - Alcohol
JUNK - Heroin, so named because it's never pure when sold on the street
JUNKIE - an opiate addict
KEY- kilogram
KICK - to stop using drugs
KlCKBACK - relapse back into drug usage
KIDDIE DOPE - usually prescription drugs
KIF - North African word for Marijuana
KILLER - strong drug
KILLER WEED - strong Marijuana, or marijuana sprinkled with PCP
KILO - 2.2 Ibs., also "KEY"
KIT - equipment used to inject drugs
L - LSD
LAUGHING GAS - Nitrous Oxide (inhalant)
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LEMONADE - poor-quality drugs
LETTUCE - money
LEAPERS - Amphetamines
LID - one ounce or less of Marijuana
LIGHTENING - LSD
LINCTUS - Methadone
LINE - a dose of Cocaine arranged in a line on a smooth surface
LIQUID ACID - LSD
LOAD - a large quantity of drugs
LOADED - high on drugs or alcohol
LOCKER ROOM - Butyl Nitrate (inhalant)
LSD - acid, microdots, purple haze, blotters, fry, blaze, tab, dose, gel, pyramid, trips
LUCY - LSD
LUDES - Methaqualone; Quaaludes, Valium
MAINLINE - inject a drug directly into a vein, to "shoot up"
MAINLINER - a person who injects directly into the vein
MAN - police
MANICURE - remove seeds from marijuana
MARCHING POWDER - Cocaine
MARIJUANA - buds, bhang, dope, goof butt, grass, hash, hay, hemp, herb, jive, pot, rope, stinkweed,
stuff, tea, weed, wacky tobaccky, whack,
MARY JANE - Marijuana
MARIJUANA CIGARETTE - bone, doobie, joint, J, reefer, spiff
MATCHBOX - measurement for a small amount of Marijuana
MAZZIES - Tranquillisers
MESCALINE - mess, crystal
MEET - buyer and seller get together
MERCHANDISE - drugs
METH - Methadone
MICRODOT - a tablet containing LSD
MITSUBISHI'S - Ecstasy
MIXTURE - Methadone
MISS EMMA - Morphine
MOGGIES - Tranquillisers
MONKEY - drug dependency; a kilogram of a narcotic
MULE - a carrier of drugs
MUNCHIES - the hunger that follows after using Marijuana
MUSHROOMS - magic mushrooms, shrooms, mushies
NAILED - arrested
NARC - narcotic agent
NEEDLE FREAK - a person who prefers to take drugs with a needle
NICKEL BAG - a $5 bag of drugs
NORML - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; lobbies for lenient drug laws
NORRIES - Tranquillisers
NUGGET - Marijuana
O.D. - overdosed on drugs
ON - under the influence of a drug
ON A TRIP - under the influence of drugs
ON ICE - in jail
ON THE NOD - under the influence of narcotics or depressants
OUT OF IT - under the influence of drugs
O.Z. - one ounce
P's - Crystal Meth
PAKALOLO - Hawaiian term for Marijuana
PANAMA GOLD, RED - potent Marijuana grown in Panama
PANIC - drugs not available
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PAPER MUSHROOMS - LSD
PAPERS - rolling papers, used to make marijuana or tobacco cigarettes
PARAPHERNALIA - accessories used to take drugs
PCP - (Phencyclidine) angel dust, kools sherms, high, wet daddies, dust, juice
PEACE PILLS - PCP
PEBBLES - Crack Cocaine
PEPSI HABIT - occasional use of drugs
PERCY - Cocaine
PEANUTS - Barbiturates
PEYOTE - hallucinogenic cactus, buttons
PICKUP - purchase drugs
PIECE - usually one ounce of drugs
PILLS - Ecstasy
PINKS - Second (Barbiturate)
PLANT - a hiding place for drugs
POPPERS - Amyl Nitrate capsules (inhalant)
POT - Marijuana
POT HEAD - Marijuana user
POWER HITTER - a device (often plastic) used to deliver a blast of Marijuana smoke to the lungs
QUACK - doctor
RAINBOWS - LSD
RAP - to talk with someone; or charged with a crime
RED DEVILS - Seconal (Barbiturate)
REEFER - Marijuana
RIG - the paraphernalia for injecting drugs
RIDING THE WAVE - under the influence of drugs
RIPPED OFF- robbed
ROACH - the stub of a Marijuana cigarette
ROACH CLIP - any tweezers-like device used to hold a Marijuana cigarette stub that is too short to
hold in the- fingers
ROCKS - Crack Cocaine
ROLEXES - Ecstasy
ROOFIES - Tranquillisers
RUGBY BALLS - Tranquillisers
RUSH - an intense surge of pleasure; Butyl Nitrate inhalant
SAUCE – alcohol
SCAT - Heroin
SCHOOL BOY - Codeine
SCORE - to locate and purchase a quantity of drugs
SCRIPT WRITER - a Doctor willing to write a prescription for faked symptoms
SENSI -Marijuana
SET UP - to arrange to have a person arrested for drugs; combination of uppers and downers
(Barbiturates and.Amphetamines)
SHOOTING GALLERY - place where addicts inject drugs
SHOOT UP - to inject intravenously
SHOTGUN - a way of smoking Marijuana, by blowing smoke back through the joint into another's
mouth
SINSEMILLA OR SINS - a potent type of Marijuana without seeds grown in Northern California
SKAG - Heroin
SKIN POPPING - to inject a drug under the skin
SKUNK - Marijuana
SMACK- Heroin
SMILIES - LSD
SMOKE - Marijuana
SNAPPERS - Amyl Nitrate capsules (inhalant)
SNORT - to inhale Cocaine through the nostrils
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SNOW - Cocaine
SNOW BIRD - dependent on Cocaine
SOLID - Marijuana
SPACE CADET - habitual user of Marijuana
SPACED OUT - under the influence of drugs
SPACED - unresponsive to surroundings
SPEED - Amphetamines
SPEEDBALL - a mixture of Cocaine and Heroin; "Bombita"
SPEED FREAK - person who repeatedly takes Amphetamines, usually intravenously
SPIKE - needle used to inject drugs
SPOONS - paraphernalia associated with Cocaine, often worn as jewelry
STAR DUST - Cocaine
STARS - LSD
STASH - a place where drugs are hidden
STEP ON - to dilute drugs
STICK - a Marijuana cigarette STIMULANTS - pep pills
STONED - under the influence of drugs
STONES - Crack Cocaine
STRAIGHT - not using drugs
STRUNG OUT - heavily addicted to drugs
STUFF- drugs
SUPERMAN - LSD blotter with Superman imprint
TAB - LSD
TASTE - a small sample of drugs
TEA - Marijuana
THAI STICKS - Marijuana laced with Opium
TINA - Crystal Meth
TOBACCO - butt, chew, weed, cig,
TOKE - inhaling Marijuana or Hashish smoke
TOLLEY - or toluene; a cheap, extremely harmful paint solvent (inhalant)
TOOT - to sniff Cocaine
TOOTER - small, hollow tube (straw-like) to sniff Cocaine
TO PARTY - refers to having a good time using alcohol and other drugs
TRACKS - a row of needle marks on the skin
TRAP - a hiding place for drugs
TRIP - under the influence of drugs
TRIPPER - LSD
TRIPS - LSD
TURF - a location where drugs are sold
TURKEY - a substitute sold as a specific drug
TURNED ON - introduced to drugs, or under the influence of drugs
TWEEZES -a wild variety of psilocybin mushrooms (hallucinogen)
UNCLE - Federal Agents
UPPERS - Stimulants, Amphetamines
VALLIES - Tranquillisers
VALIUM - ludes, drunk pills, v's blues
WACKY TOBACCKY -Marijuana
WASH - Crack Cocaine
WASTED - intoxicated, strung out
WEED - Marijuana
WHITE - Cocaine
WHITE LIGHTENING - LSD
WINDOW - LSD
WIRED - addicted to Amphetamines or Heroin
WORKS - equipment for injecting drugs
XTC - Ecstasy
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YABA - Crystal Meth
YELLOW JACKETS - Nembutal, Barbiturate
YEN - a strong craving
ZIGZAG - a brand of rolling papers used to make Marijuana cigarettes
ZOMBIE - heavy user of drugs
ZONKED - extremely high on drugs
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